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MIDDLE GRADE &
YOUNG ADULT BOOKS THATÂ ILLUSTRATE
DIVERSITY, EQUITY,
ANDÂ HUMANITY
Middle Grade and Young Adult Books That Illustrate Diversity, Equality, and Humanity: Gallery
MIDDLE GRADE BOOKS
The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman*
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Front Desk by Kelly Yang*
Full Cicada Moon by Marilyn Hilton
George by Alex Gino
Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes*
Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson*
I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds*
Mañanaland by Pam Muñoz Ryan
The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis
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New Kid by Jerry Craft*
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
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Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga*
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The Red Pencil by Andrea Davis Pinkney*
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Redwood and Ponytail by K. A. Holt
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Right as Rain by Lindsey Stoddard
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The Skin I’m In by Sharon G. Flake
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They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, and Steven Scott,
illustrated by Harmony Becker*
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Two Naomis by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich and Audrey Vernick
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Middle Grade and Young Adult Books That Illustrate Diversity, Equality, and Humanity: About Us
YOUNG ADULT BOOKS
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The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater*
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely*
Anger Is a Gift by Marc Oshiro
Dear Martin by Nic Stone*
Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham
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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
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Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
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How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon
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I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez*
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It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime:
Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
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Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Readers):
A True Story of the Fight for Justice by Bryan Stevenson
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Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds*
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March by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin*
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Mississippi Trial, 1955 by Chris Crowe*
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Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
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Monster by Walter Dean Myers
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Odd One Out by Nic Stone
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Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson*
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The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo*
The Rose That Grew from Concrete by Tupac Shakur*
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Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson
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Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi*
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Witness by Karen Hesse
*These titles will be included in the 2020-2021 Middle School English curriculum or offered as a 2020-2021 Middle School Book Club.
Middle Grade and Young Adult Books That Illustrate Diversity, Equality, and Humanity: About Us
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Middle Grade and Young Adult Books That Illustrate Diversity, Equality, and Humanity: About Us
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